Kenya is a developing country and the living standards are very low. Many of our guests have asked us how they can help. Below please find a list of initiatives that have been started and our managed by our guests.

Neema Foundation

The NEEMA FOUNDATION supports the Baraka Children’s Home in Kwale District (where Diani and Ukunda are located). The Baraka House houses 15 traumatized children, whose parents died of AIDS. It also supports HIV positive children and their sick mothers, which are banned by their family and community. www.stichting-neema.nl or neemakenia@hetnet.nl

Help for Kenya

This non-profit organization supports the village of Mlungunipa. Since 2003 the organization has built a school and a kindergarden for 400 children, a hospital and a borehole. 100% of the donations are invested in the projects for this village. Monetary donations, memberships and sponsorships help the organization expand their projects, e.g. tailor shop,more schools etc www.afriwi-kenia.de or afriwi@aol.com

Ushirika e.V.

This non-profit was founded by our guests in 2008. Since then they have built a poly-technical school, a bore hole, a well-center with a women’s clinic, and have completed many other projects. Your sponsorship of one of the students help many of the village resident help themselves by providing and education. www.ushirika.de or ushirika.kenia@ushirika.de

Dutch Dental Care

Dutch Dental Care Foundation (DDC) sends dental teams to schools in southern Kenya. A team consists of several dentists, dental surgeons, dental (prevention)assistants, dental hygienists and helpers (dental background not required) Team members are volunteers who pay for their own travel costs. The teams check pupils and treat them. Teachers and community members from the area can also use our free care. DDC also launches prevention programmes in the schools. This is an educational programme to teach the children how to brush their teeth. The teams are supplemented by Community Health Officers (COHO’s), men and women who have completed their basic dental care training. They get the opportunity to work in the schools and get more experience. DDC also operates two clinics in Kenya, one in Ukunda and one in the medical dispensary in Lunga Lunga. Both clinics are operated by a Kenyan COHO. Many patients have made their way to the clinics to get basic dental care for a modest fee. It is the goal that these clinics eventually become self-supporting. dutchdentalcare.nl/en/

This non-profit was founded by our guests in 2008. Since then they have built a poly-technical school, a bore hole, a well-center with a women’s clinic, and have completed many other projects. Your sponsorship of one of the students help many of the village resident help themselves by providing and education. www.ushirika.de or ushirika.kenia@ushirika.de

The Healthy Teeth Foundation

This foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 2018. Toothache and diarrhea are the two main reasons for school absenteeism in deprived areas around the world. While Nelson Mandela rightfully stated: ‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’. With simple measures such as toothbrushing and handwashing we can prevent these diseases. Therefore, The Healthy Teeth Foundation rolls out oral health and WASH projects at primary schools for children to keep them healthy enough to go to school and learn. They have conducted projects in a township in South Afrika, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the Netherlands and slums and rural areas in Kenya. In Kenya they collaborate with Dutch Dental Care Foundation. In this way the children with toothache can also get treatment. If you want to support this organization please contact them at en.healthyteethfoundation.comor send an email via: info@thehealthyteethfoundation.com

Verkaart Development Team

The Verkaart Development Team (VDT) is a non-profit organization that was established 20 years ago to support and complete projects to “make Kenya a better place”. The VDT to date has built more than 70 primary schools, 4 secondary schools, 10 hospitals, 2 polytechnical schools and 2children’s home. They have taken on and expanded a school for the handicapped. They have now started with new projects, such as the Albino-Project and a home for boys. www.vdt.nl or info@vdt.nl.

Teachers4Teachers foundation

Education is future. Teachers4Teachers (T4T) believes in education. Since the foundation in 2006 they have focused on supporting the development of education in Kwale County. Together with approximately 450 schools, they help drive improvements of the school management and teaching performance of the teachers by capacity building. All for the benefit of the education of children. They do this by bringing professionals together and challenging them to work on the development of their professional competences, leadership and personal development. Teachers4Teachers operates on the basis of the motto: to meet, to connect, to learn. www.t4tkenya.org or www.teachers4teachers.nl

Keniahilfe Nordkirchen e.V.

Help that arrives – the non-profit association has set itself the goal of helping. Through private initiative, many local projects have developed in recent years, which the association supports with monetary or material donations. Monetary donations make it possible to buy many daily necessities directly in Kenya, e.g. groceries, mattresses, etc. www.keniahilfe-nordkirchen.de

If you have a project that you would like us to list here, please inform the staff at the reception.